DI Track & Field Scholar Teams of the Year & All-Academic Teams Announced

NEW ORLEANS – Scholar Team of the Year and All-Academic Team honors for the 2014-15 NCAA Division I Track & Field seasons were announced Friday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

MEN’S SCHOLAR TEAM
AWARD HISTORY

Indoor Track & Field

2014: Alabama

2013: Florida

2012: Florida

2011: BYU

2010: Indiana

2009: Nebraska

2008: Stanford

2007: Stanford

Outdoor Track & Field

2014: Georgia

2013: Florida

2012: Florida

2011: Florida State

2010: Arizona State

2009: South Carolina

2008: Washington

2007: Stanford

WOMEN’S SCHOLAR TEAM
AWARD HISTORY

Indoor Track & Field

2014: Texas

2013: Arkansas

2012: Arkansas

2011: Texas

2010: Tennessee

2009: Tennessee

2008: Arizona State

2007: Arizona State

Outdoor Track & Field

2014: Texas

2013: UCF

2012: Stanford

2011: Oklahoma

2010: Penn State

2009: Arizona State

2008: Arizona State

2007: Arizona State

Arkansas claimed three of the four Scholar Team of the Year awards, with its men sweeping both the indoor and outdoor awards and its national champion women taking the indoor honor. Outdoor national women’s team champion Oregon earned the outdoor women’s award.

As the highest-placing teams with at least a 3.00 cumulative team grade point average at this season’s indoor and/or outdoor NCAA Division I Championships, these teams stood out among 224 women’s teams and 123 men’s programs that combined academic and athletic achievement to earn All-Academic Team honors this season.

Arkansas’ men checked in with a cumulative team grade points average of 3.02 to finish the 2014-15 campaign – a season that saw the Razorbacks finish third in the team standings at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. The women’s program has now three times earned Scholar Team of the Year honors for track & field, but these two are the first for the men’s program.

The women earned their third indoor honor in the past four seasons on the strength of their first-ever national team title. Led by Dominique Scott and female indoor field Scholar Athlete of the Year Sandi Morris, the Razorbacks scored 63 points to topple five-time defending national champion Oregon by 16½.

Oregon’s women may have seen their streak of NCAA Indoor titles end, but the Ducks claimed their first outdoor national crown since 1985 and earned their first-ever Scholar Team of the Year honors in track & field along the way with a cumulative team GPA of 3.19.

The Ducks scored 59 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to defeat runner-up Kentucky by nine.

Nine is also the number of Oregon women who earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, including the meet’s high-point scorer in Jenna Prandini.

All Academic Team

Chattanooga Men, San Francisco Women Post Top Team GPAs

TOP 5 MEN’S TEAMS(CUMULATIVE GPA)

Chattanooga

3.59

Louisville

3.55

Tulsa

3.48

Harvard

3.46

Lipscomb

3.41

TOP 5 WOMEN’S TEAMS(CUMULATIVE GPA)

Lipscomb

3.74

Chattanooga

3.73

Indiana

3.67

Portland

3.62

Bradley

3.61

The USTFCCCA also announced Tuesday the 2015 Division I All-Academic Track & Field teams. A total of 224 women’s teams and 123 men’s teams earned the distinction as a result of earning a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or higher.

Lipscomb topped the list of women’s team with the highest GPA in the nation at 3.74, just ahead of Chattanooga at 3.73.

Chattanooga was the top men’s team for the second year in a row with a 3.59 team GPA. One state to the north, Louisville was second with a cumulative 3.55. Tulsa, Harvard and Lipscomb rounded out the top five.

All 14 women’s Big Ten programs were named All-Academic in 2015 to lead the country. Next on the women’s list were the Atlantic 10 with 12, the SEC with 11 and both the Big 12 and the Big Sky with 10 each.

All eight Ivy League schools earned the honor on the men’s side to top their gender’s list. Both the Atlantic 10 and ACC were next with seven each.

The full list of All-Academic Teams is listed below in alphabetical order by team.